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|Posted by Ed Kalas on September 19, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors and nurses don't like the idea of patients reminding them to clean their hands, a new study from Switzerland suggests.
So-called hand hygiene has become a major goal of health care facilities around the world, and patients are often encouraged to become involved in system-wide changes to promote hand washing, researchers said.
"Hand hygiene is the primary measure to prevent infections and cross-transmission (of bacteria and viruses) at the point of care," said Dr. Didier Pittet, the senior researcher on the new study from the University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine.
The findings shouldn't discourage patients from bringing up the topic, he added.
"Patients should know and ideally should remind their health care workers about the importance of hand hygiene, especially right before they are going to touch them," said Pittet, who also leads a hand hygiene campaign at the World Health Organization.
Previous research has shown doctors and nurses are much more likely to wash up when video systems monitor their compliance and send them feedback (see Reuters Health story of November 30, 2011.)
Switching from soap and water to an alcohol-based hand rub also makes regular hand hygiene much more feasible, as long as hand-sanitizing stations are located in patient rooms and not only in the hallway, Pittet said.
For the new study, he and his colleagues sent surveys to 700 doctors and nurses at the University of Geneva Hospitals - and got responses back from 227 of them.
Just under one-third of the health care workers said they didn't like the idea of being reminded to wash their hands by patients, because they thought it could be upsetting or humiliating. And 37 percent said they wouldn't consent to wearing a badge encouraging patients to ask them about hand hygiene.
Still, most of the doctors and nurses agreed that patients can play a role in preventing infections transmitted in the hospital, the researchers reported Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The data were also presented in part at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Boston in September 2010.
The low response rate to the survey is one limitation of the study, Pittet and his colleagues noted. And it's unknown whether the results would be the same for other hospitals.
"It's clear that in some places around the world it would be easier to get patients to remind their health care workers, and health care workers to accept that they will be reminded by patients," Pittet told Reuters Health.
Even when it comes to Geneva hospitals, he said he's "not pessimistic at all" about the findings. He expects the culture in hospitals will continue to change to make hand hygiene more second nature and patient participation more accepted.
"There will be a day when it will be so automatic for health care workers to clean their hands," Pittet said. "It will be a lot easier at that time for patients, in case health care workers forgot, to remind them."
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I am writing to urge Congress to restore funding to the National Writing Project — an outstanding professional development program for teachers with a solid track record of improving writing instruction across the K-12 curriculum. The National Writing Project has been funded since 1991, but now, sadly, has been defunded.
My connection with the National Writing Project is through one of the local affiliates, the Hudson Valley Writing Project at SUNY New Paltz where I am a professor in the Department of Secondary Education. I participated in a Summer Institute organized by the Hudson Valley Project several years ago, and so know first-hand what a valuable program it is.
As someone who studies education day in and day out, I can say that I know of no other program that works so well. As is so often the case when something works well, "why" is not a mystery. The Writing Project is grounded in a deep respect for teachers (a respect that is in tragically short supply these days) and in an unwavering commitment to the belief that all children can learn to write well. The Writing Project supports teachers who support each other in ongoing improvement of writing instruction. While developing the writing skills of students is a first priority, the Writing Project serves many other purposes as well, including engaging teachers in serious, classroom-based reform and building the collegiality and professional networks that are so critical to lasting reform.
The Hudson Valley Writing Project is an essential component of the School of Education at SUNY New Paltz. Through the Writing Project we are able to offer monthly "Saturday seminars" featuring lessons offered by master teachers. Needless to say, this is an invaluable resource for our many teacher-education students. Who could fail to see value in this: master teachers sharing their practice-based wisdom with pre-service teachers eager to learn whatever they can?
All of this is to say, please restore funding for this low-cost, high-value, politically-neutral program. Sacrificing programs like the Writing Project in order to support such priorities as tax cuts for the rich and super-rich is the wrong way to go. That's not what America has stood for. I pray that such "un-American" madness will end soon and allow us to return to the kind of governing that supports education. Legislators who take this stand surely will earn the respect of the millions of students, parents, and teachers who are counting on them to make the hard – and right – decisions.


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The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State announced on, July 13, 2011, that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signed a bilateral adoptions agreement that will strengthen procedural safeguards in adoptions between our countries.
This Agreement will provide additional safeguards to better protect the welfare and interests of children and all parties involved in intercountry adoptions. Under the Agreement, only adoption agencies authorized by the Russian Government will be able to operate in Russia and provide services in adoptions covered by the Agreement, except in the case of an adoption of a child by his or her relatives. This will largely eliminate independent adoptions from Russia and create a better defined framework for intercountry adoptions between the United States and Russia. The Agreement also includes provisions designed to improve post-adoption reporting and monitoring and to ensure that prospective adoptive parents receive more complete information about adoptive children's social and medical histories and anticipated needs.
The United States is committed to working with the Russian Federation on implementing the provisions laid forth in this Agreement as soon as it enters into force.
USCIS and the Department of State will publish criteria, procedures, and clear guidance related to the Agreement on www.uscis.gov/adoption and http://adoption.state.gov prior to the Agreement's entry into force.
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Q. What does the Agreement mean for the U.S. adoption program in Russia?
A. This Agreement strengthens the protections in place for the children and families involved while preserving a robust adoption program between the two countries. It creates a framework for a system in which the family will receive more complete information on the child earlier in the process so that the prospective adoptive parents can receive targeted preparation and training before the adoption. The Agreement also improves post-placement follow-up to ensure that the adopted child and family receive the support they need so that they all can thrive.
Q. Now that the Agreement has been signed, will there be any interruption in the processing of cases for U.S. families adopting from Russia?
A. We do not anticipate any interruption in the processing of adoptions from Russia as we move to implement this Agreement or once it has been fully implemented.
Q: When will the Agreement enter into force?
A. The Agreement will enter into force upon the exchange of notes from the U.S. and Russian governments. The exchange of notes will take place only after both sides have completed internal procedures necessary for entry into force, which for Russia means approval by its Duma and establishment of other internal procedures for implementing the Agreement.
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will provide on their websites procedures and clear guidance related to the Agreement prior to its entry into force. Please monitor www.adoption.state.gov and www.uscis.gov/adoption for more information.
Q. Can families continue to file Form I-600A, Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, and Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, now that the Agreement has been signed?
A. Yes. Pending entry into force of the Agreement prospective adoptive parents may continue to file Forms I-600A and Forms I-600 with USCIS under existing procedures, in accordance with the form instructions. USCIS will inform the public of the date that the Agreement will enter into force and what additional or different steps may become necessary at that time.
Q. If a family began adoption proceedings before the Agreement enters in to force, will they have to restart proceedings upon Agreement execution?
A. The Agreement specifically allows cases which have had their dossier already submitted to the Russian authorities to continue under the pre-Agreement system. Prospective adoptive parents who have not submitted dossiers upon Agreement execution may need to change adoption service providers, as not all providers will remain authorized. However, families will not be required to file a new Form I-600A if their Form I-600A was filed or approved while working with the previous adoption service provider and remains valid.
Q. If a family is working with an adoption agency that does not receive authorization to continue working in Russia after the Agreement enters into force, will they be able to complete their case?
A. Yes, but the family may have to transfer the case to a new adoption service provider that is authorized to work in Russia. If a case is covered by the transition provision, it may be completed under the pre-Agreement procedures.
Q. How will we know which cases may proceed under the pre-Agreement procedures and which cases must follow the new procedures?
A. Once the Agreement enters into force, USCIS will coordinate with the Department of State (DOS) and the Russian authorities to identify all cases that can be processed under the pre-Agreement procedures and we will provide additional guidance at that time.
Q. When will guidelines and instructions about the new procedures be available?
A. We anticipate that the United States and Russia will need additional time to discuss implementation procedures for the Agreement once the Russian Duma has ratified it. After ratification and completion of implementation discussions, USCIS and DOS will publish specific guidance.
Q. We understand that under the Agreement, the Russian Government may institute a "pre-approval" requirement for U.S. families adopting from Russia. Would this procedure lengthen the processing time?
A. Although we do not anticipate that a pre-approval step will lengthen the process significantly for most cases, there are two instances in which delays could occur: 1) If there is a delay in the receipt of the detailed medical and psycho-social history of the child from the Russian authorities, or 2) If USCIS finds, during the pre-approval review, that the family does not appear to be prepared and/or has not been evaluated by the home study preparer as capable of meeting the needs of the specific child they intend to adopt.
Q. Why is a pre-approval process helpful?
A. Under the current system, USCIS cannot review information about the child being adopted until after the parents have completed adoption proceedings in Russia and become legally responsible for the child. Many times prospective adoptive parents only receive full medical and psycho-social information about the child immediately before the court proceedings to complete the adoption. Parents then have a very brief time to decide whether to complete the adoption or obtain an amended home study and Form I-600A approval, if necessary. Pre-approval will allow USCIS to make a preliminary determination on a child's orphan status and to flag any concerns before the adoption takes place.
Q. Would pre-approval guarantee that the Form I-600 will be approved once the adoption is finalized in Russia?
A. Pre-approval cannot be taken as a guarantee of final approval, because it is always possible that new, additional information will come to light that ultimately prevents the approval of the Form I-600 petition. However, in other countries where pre-approval systems have been in place, experience shows that pre-approval allows for problems to be addressed earlier in the adoption process creating a more streamlined process for the family.
Q. The Agreement will require to adoption agencies to report when an adopted child received U.S. citizenship. How will the adoption agency know that the child has received U.S. citizenship?
A. The Agreement is crafted to cover only adoptions of children who will ultimately be granted IR-3 immigrant visas. When a child with an IR-3 immigrant visa lawfully enters the United States with his or her adoptive parents with the intent to reside permanently in the territory of the United States, that child, by operation of law, acquires U.S. citizenship upon entry.
For additional questions and answers on the agreement, please visit http://adoption.state.gov .


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Ummm..opening a jar of preserved lemons….
I've been loving having these on hand! And, as soon as I can, I'm preserving some limes. The fruit and the juice is so versatile and -added bonus-, as long as you don't heat it, they are an easy way to incorporate fermented goodness into your diet.
I've experimented a little since making the preserved lemons in this post. Most frequently I use some of the juice instead of fresh or bottled lemon juice- adjusting for salt. Some examples are salad dressing, dips, aioli, guacamole, really anytime the recipe calls for a little lemon juice. When preparing a dish where everything is getting blended smooth anyways- like hummus or baba ghanoush a small piece of lemon (peel and all) can be blended right in.
The peel is really just bursting with flavor. I used it several times in place of zest including twice while making muffins-once in the muffins; it worked out great. And I also tried it out in the sugar and zest topping. To replace the zest I minced up the peel very fine then mixed it in the sugar. This was baked on to form a crunchy lemony sweet top. It worked, however there was a slight hint saltiness occasionally. I'd say preserved lemons work great for baking but stick to using them where the recipe also calls for salt.
Use the peel, the juice or a paste (blend some preserved lemons smooth-watch out for seeds) to flavor veggies (potatoes, summer squash, spinach..), sauces, seafood (i.e. scallops sauteed with bits of lemon or baked with lemon juice, garlic etc ) or chicken- like in this marinade:
It's a simple marinade: chopped preserved lemons in olive oil with a bit of garlic, a sprig of rosemary (chopped), a bit of black pepper.
Let sit for at least several hours, turning occasionally.
Then bake or grill till done.
5 minutes out of the oven and this is the only one left for a photo.
So there are some ways to use preserved lemons. I'm planning on using the limes similarly and especially with Mexican and Thai flavored meals.
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The Marine Corps was cleaning up a Southern California neighborhood on Thursday and working to help families whose homes were damaged or destroyed by one of its jets that crashed in the small desert city of Imperial, officials said.
The Harrier AV-8B had taken off from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma and was almost at his destination at Naval Air Facility El Centro when it went down Wednesday afternoon, exploding into flames. The pilot who was ejected landed in a nearby field and suffered only scrapes and bruises. There were no injuries in the neighborhood.
Two homes were destroyed and a third suffered major damage in a newer neighborhood of Imperial, a city of about 15,000 people about 90 miles east of San Diego.
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Two of the families went to stay with friends or relatives while the Red Cross put up one couple in a hotel. Officials were assessing whether any of the families would need longer term help, such as rental assistance or other items, said Red Cross spokeswoman Courtney Pendleton.
Marine Capt. Anton Semelroth said the military was working with city and Red Cross officials.
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Marine Corps officials were cleaning up the crash site and had launched an investigation, Semelroth said. However, it could take months to determine whether human error, a mechanical failure or some other reason caused the jet to crash.
Eleven-year-old Christopher Garcia was watching TV with his father and brother when he heard a frightening boom. Outside, he said, he saw a pilot in a parachute falling from the sky and what looked like a mushroom cloud of dark smoke two blocks away. He ran to the crash scene to find one house with a collapsed roof, the neighboring house on fire, and a crying woman shouting, "'That's my house!'" The boy and other witnesses said panicked neighbors were running in every direction.
Debris from the Harrier jet hit the roof of one of the houses, which was destroyed, Marine Lt Col John Ferguson said.
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In July 2012, another AV-8B Harrier crashed in an unpopulated area 15 miles from the air base, which is among the busiest in the world for the Marine Corps, and is used it to train military aviators from around the nation.
"Every time we take off, safety is our biggest concern," Semelroth said. "I'm sure after the previous mishaps we've got a better process now and will take this investigation and do the same thing. We constantly try to improve the process and make it safer."
A few hours after the jet crashed in Imperial, a Navy Hornet went into the sea off San Diego as it prepared to make a late-night landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot was ejected and listed in stable condition.


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Now this buccaneer can experience adventures without going far from home.
In the imagination of 8-year-old Payton, he's already braved the high seas and plundered with the likes of Captain Hook. Now thanks to the Make-A-Wish® and many generous volunteers, Payton's swashbuckling adventures just came ashore in his own backyard.
Not understanding the magnitude of a wish, Payton first asked for a puzzle. After he grasped the possibilities available to him, he took almost a year to carefully select his most heartfelt wish. His love for pirates finally helped him settle on what he wanted most: a red and black pirate-ship playhouse.
With a shiver-me-timbers expression on his face, Payton watches from his father's shoulders as construction crews assembles his vessel, dubbed Payton's Plunder.
His sea craft is complete with a crow's nest, captain's helm and dock, as well as authentic rigging from the historic Adventuress sailboat. And in case any scallywags ever try to pillage his doubloons, an evacuation slide will take Payton to the safety of a sandbox on land.
A backyard pirate ship is perfect for Payton, who is diagnosed with a congenital heart disease known as Shone's complex. His conditions cause him to tire easily, but now this buccaneer can experience adventures without going far from home.
His mom expressed her gratitude to all the people who came together to help make Payton's wish come true.
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Our year-long campaign to support a moral budget inspired thousands of you to participate in a public fast and send "What Would Jesus Cut?" bracelets to every member of Congress. This campaign resulted in a meeting with President Obama and national faith leaders where the president agreed to our Circle of Protection principle to not reduce the deficit on the backs of the poor. Check out this video of the media coverage of our moral economy work.
You helped mobilize the Human Circles of Protection on November 16th at noon in every U.S. time zone! People of faith streamed into the streets to encircle and pray for the poor in the midst of our nation's fierce budget battle. Watch this video from Jim Wallis' visit to the Chicago Human Circle to get a sense of the events.
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By his second season in the league, Stanowski had already proven his ability and was elected to the NHL's First All-Star Team. At the time, the role of a defenseman was going through a metamorphosis. For decades, defensemen had been rendered immobile by coaches that insisted they reserve their space on the ice to their own team's half of the rink. But offensively-gifted defensemen like Flash Hollett and Wally Stanowski helped shatter that stereotype, jumping into the rush and contributing to their team's offense.
Yet, as much as Wally was serious once the puck had dropped, he could be equally lighthearted when the opportunity presented itself. During game delays when an injured player was lying on the ice, restless fans occasionally were treated to Wally gliding on one blade and pirouetting like a figure skater.
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The Second World War decimated the ranks of a number of NHL teams, and the Maple Leafs were no different. Hall of Fame netminder Turk Broda was replaced by rookie Frank McCool in 1944-45. University students Jack McLean, Windy O'Neill and Ross Johnstone filled slots vacated by established stars like Syl Apps, Billy Taylor, Gaye Stewart and Bob Goldham.
Toronto won Game 1 by a score of 1-0 after Ted Kennedy scored with just 22 seconds remaining in regulation time. Game 2 again went to the Maple Leafs who won 3-2. Stanowski went toe-to-toe with Toe Blake of the Canadiens in the first period with both earning 5-minute majors. Montreal beat Toronto 4-1 in Game 3 but the biggest loss looked like it was going to be Toronto goalkeeper Frank McCool, who took an Elmer Lach shot to the forehead at the one-minute mark and was led off the ice bleeding profusely. After both teams kept loose by circling their respective defensive zones, referee Bill Chadwick sent both teams to their dressing rooms. Yet, McCool emerged ten minutes later, bloodied and bandaged, but ready to play the rest of the contest.
Game 4 was a 4-3 overtime win for Toronto with Gus Bodnar emerging as the hero 12:36 into the extra stanza. Montreal roared back, kicking Toronto butt 10-3 in Game 5. It was a one-man explosion as 'Rocket' Richard recorded 4 goals in that game. The series ended with a 3-2 Leaf win in Game 6, earning Toronto the right to move into Stanley Cup contention against the Detroit Red Wings.
A lone goal by Sweeney Schriner in Game 1 gave Toronto a 1-0 win and a 1-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final. Maple Leafs netminder Frank McCool earned a second straight shutout with a 2-0 Toronto win in Game 2, even though he had to excuse himself briefly midway through the second period to calm his jangled nerves. McCool starred again in Game 3, earning a shutout in a 1-0 Leaf win in which Wally Stanowski picked up an assist on Gus Bodnar's tally.
Detroit thundered back with wins of 5-3, 2-0 and 1-0 to tie the series at three games apiece. Was it going to be a repeat of 1942's miraculous comeback in reverse? In that series, Detroit had been up three games to none when the Maple Leafs roared back to steal the Stanley Cup.
Game 7 was played in Detroit on April 22. Mel Hill opened the scoring putting Toronto ahead in the first period. The teams were scoreless in the second. Murray Armstrong tied the game for Detroit at 8:16 of the third but Babe Pratt scored what proved to be the Stanley Cup winner at 12:14. The score held and Wally Stanowski and the Toronto Maple Leafs were the Stanley Cup champions for 1944-45!
The Stanley Cup arrived at 9:00 am on Sunday, August 21 and was taken to the backyard of the comfortable home in a quiet neighbourhood in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke. There, Wally and his wife Joyce greeted the trophy like an old friend. Their son Craig and Wally's brother Skip were on hand too. Half an hour later, the Stanowskis' daughter Adrian, who had been traveling, arrived from Germany.
Wally pulled out photos of him with the Stanley Cup in the mid-forties. At that time, the Stanley Cup looked very different. It was long and much slimmer and today is referenced as the 'stovepipe' version of the Stanley Cup. Since its introduction in 1893, the Stanley Cup has certainly gone through a number of incarnations and the 'stovepipe' version was reconfigured to the shape we know today prior to being awarded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1948.
Wally lit up his pipe and talked about the best players he ever faced. "I'd have to say Gordie Howe," began Stanowski. "He was one tough son-of-a-gun but I left him alone and he left me alone. 'Rocket' Richard was hard for me to control. I was playing the left side and he was a rightwinger so he was always on my side of the ice. But 'Rocket' shot left so it was tricky. He'd cut into the middle with those glaring eyes of his. He was so determined. But the 'Rocket' never went back into his end of the rink so I'd have to give my best player of all time to Gordie Howe."
Bob Hassard was a fine hockey player who was burdened by his position. A good skating centre, Hassard fired 33 goals in 35 games during his final season of junior. But the parent Toronto Maple Leafs were heavy with centres during the early 1950's. Ted Kennedy and Max Bentley went on to the Hockey Hall of Fame after playing centre for the Leafs during that era. Cal Gardner and Tod Sloan were excellent centres. Hassard, in spite of his prodigious talent, was well down the pecking order of centres for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Yet, in 1950-51, Bob was called up for 12 games through the season. He earned 1 assist but was not employed during the playoffs that spring. Nevertheless, after Bill Barilko's dramatic overtime goal on April 21, 1951, the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup and agreed that Bob Hassard's name should be engraved on the Stanley Cup.
Bob Hassard and his wife Helen live just north of Toronto near the beautiful town of Stouffville, Ontario. They have three children — daughters Jackie and Kim and son Bill, who was a Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick in 1974.
After leaving Wally Stanowski's home on Sunday, August 21, the Stanley Cup arrived at the Hassard home just past noon that same day. The magnificent trophy was taken downstairs where friends and family filtered through to catch a glimpse of the trophy Lord Stanley donated and that Bob Hassard helped win. On the wall in the area where the Cup was being displayed were a number of noteworthy pictures. One showed Hassard as coach of the 1968-69 Stouffville PeeWees who went to the Ontario finals. One youngster on that team was Keith Acton, currently an assistant coach of the Maple Leafs. Keith dropped by later that afternoon to celebrate his coach's wonderful day. Another photograph showed Bob as a centre with the Allan Cup champion Whitby Dunlops in 1958-59.
Bob was standing beside his friend, the great Leaf George Armstrong, as he reminisced about how wonderful it was to be part of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization. "I can still remember how great I felt when I was 14 years old and getting a tryout with the Bantam Marlies, who were part of the Maple Leafs organization," smiled Bob. "I didn't live too far from Maple Leaf Gardens and was so excited to be skating on the same ice as my heroes. I couldn't believe it, to tell you the truth! And best of all, I made the team!"
The Stanley Cup was brought outside for a backyard barbecue. Hamburgers and sausages browned on the grill as people took the opportunity to examine the Stanley Cup more closely. Bob's granddaughter and her fianc�e spent a fair bit of time reading some of the legendary names, including her Grandpa's, that are engraved on the Cup.
By 8:30, the party had wound down. Bob and Helen Hassard and their kids helped put the Stanley Cup in its case and waved as the van pulled away down the streets of Stouffville.
On Tuesday, the pages of the Stanley Cup Journal flip to Boston, Massachusetts, where hockey's most glorious award was the guest of Milt Schmidt and Fern Flaman.
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It was a tough decision, in that there were pluses and minuses, but this was something we all felt we should do.Epstein also noted that because of his contract, Pena was out of options at age 21 and "was in the big leagues getting [fewer than] 850 at-bats over the last three years when he should have been in the minor leagues developing." ... Edes has many quotes from Arroyo.
David Ortiz likes Pena:
This guy has some sick power. This guy has some crazy power, man. I just feel bad for my man, Bronson. ... We were talking about hitting a lot during the WBC [both men played for the DR]. He wants to learn. He's a hard worker, good kid. ... When I was 24 the ability that he has right now I didn't have it and I was in the big leagues, just like him. Wait until you see him. He looks like a football player. He's huge. He's got legs like nobody I've ever seen. ... The best thing that happened to him was coming over here. He can learn from all of us.(Ortiz also felt like he "wasted a lot of time" by playing in the WBC. The seven games "wasn't worth it, to get ready for the season.")
SoSHer Sille Skrub wraps it up better than I can:
3/20/2006 will be known as the day Theo stole Wily Mo Pena from the Reds. I really can't believe that there isn't more jubilation for this trade. Maybe I am over-hyping it because I have followed the Reds and seen what WMP can do. ... With all due respect, at 29 years old we have seen the ceiling of Bronson's abilites. ... If WMP comes anywhere close to his ceiling, this trade will be a certain laugher in years to come. ... Best case scenario he becomes an anchor in the middle of the lineup for years to come. ... Worst case scenario, the Sox get a perfect platoon-mate for Trot and a legitimate PH threat for the end of games. ... You are basically trading your 7th or 8th best starter option/long reliever for a potential Jessie Barfield. ... I'd much rather watch and see if WMP can blossom in to an all-star while hitting bombs on the Pike rather than throwing Bronson out there on every fifth day hoping the "good Bronson" shows up.And The Gray Eagle adds:
If he had played AAA ball this year, he would be one of the very top prospects in the game, IMO. He probably would have cranked 40 HRs and stolen 25 bases and gunnned down many runners if he was a 23-year-old in AAA, and he would have been unavailable for less than a ton in return. If we were picking him up in that scenario, the glee on this board would be over the top.Cincinnati Perspective: Analysis at Reds (And Blues) and mixed feelings at Redleg Nation.
Also: Pena hit some bombs in BP this morning. ... David Wells will probably make his first regular season start on April 12 (2nd time through the rotation). ... The Sox signed outfielder Juan Gonzalez to a minor league deal. ... The Phillies are expected to discuss (now-expendable) outfielder Dustan Mohr.


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In telling the Christmas story, many children's books show three wise men visiting the stable shortly after Jesus' birth. Interestingly enough, the Biblical passages are rather vague and never specifically state the actual number of wise men or their date of arrival. The verses only tell that the Magi brought three gifts to Jesus: gold, frankincense and myrrh. The stable also is not mentioned. They entered the "house" and saw the child with his mother.
Are there any children's books that show the Magi visiting Jesus at a house and not a stable? Or with a different number of wise men? Bookie Woogie recently reviewed The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats, a book that, according to them, shows more than three wise men. As for a house instead of a stable, I'm not sure, so I'll have to refer to my readers for further book suggestions.
Christmas Is Here by Lauren Castillo. Simon & Schuster (October 2010); ISBN 9781442408227; 32 pages
Book Source: Copy from personal library
This Christmas my family discovered a newly published Christmas picture book by Lauren Castillo. In Christmas is Here, the wise men do not make an appearance at the stable. I want to make mention of it now because I think the book deserves a lot more attention that it received over the holidays. It is a book worth owning if you celebrate Christmas and makes a splendid read-aloud on Christmas Eve, especially if you already read the story from the Bible.
What makes Christmas is Here truly special is that Castillo merges past with present. She tells the Christmas story starting in the present time with a family that goes to see a live Nativity. As the little child in the story peers over the crib and looks down on baby Jesus the focus changes and the following pages powerfully depict the Biblical text taken directly from the King James Bible about the shepherds and angels and the birth of Jesus, the passages of Luke 2:8-14. In the end, as the text tells of the armies of heaven praising God, Castillo takes readers back to the present day with a gorgeous illustration showing the family and others gathered around the live Nativity as they join in the chorus of praise.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (Luke 2: 8-14 KJV)
Christmas is Here ranks high on my list of favorite children's Christmas picture books, and I suspect that it will become a staple in home libraries in the years to come. Both young and old can find meaning in the story and the illustrations make the Biblical text very accessible to younger children without having an unrealistic, childish cuteness like so many other versions. I'm particularly impressed with the detail and magnitude surrounding the angel's visit to the shepherds. Castillo effectively shows their surprise and shock and joy. The manger scene glows with a magnificent warmth, and I especially love the quaint rural setting of the live Nativity. This inspiring book truly helps families focus on the real meaning of Christmas, and I highly recommend it.
Lauren Castillo creates her illustrations using acetone transfers, ink and watercolor. Up to this point I had never heard of acetone transfer. She explains the printmaking technique on her blog and it involves transferring a photocopied drawing onto another piece of paper by rubbing an acetone solvent on the back of the photocopy. The resulting image looks a bit like a woodblock print.
We decided to try our hand at paper-to-paper transfer printing. Our modified, more child friendly version uses watercolor markers and rubbing alcohol (or in my toddler son's version, water). Both kids really enjoyed making a mirrored photocopy of their drawings using this technique. (Adult supervision required if using rubbing alcohol. Alcohol should be used in a well-ventilated area.)
Sanford Mr. Sketch Scented Watercolor Markers
Sheet of regular copy (Printer) Paper
Sheet of watercolor paper
Rubbing alcohol
Cotton Q-tip swab
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1. Draw picture on copy paper using watercolor markers.
2. Flip drawing over and place on a piece of watercolor paper. Apply a small amount of rubbing alcohol to the backside of the drawing using a cotton swab.
3. Rub spoon over the backside of the paper to transfer the image onto the watercolor paper. (If you have a large drawing, it is best to apply alcohol and transfer a small area at a time because the alcohol dries quickly.)
4. Remove copy paper and view your mirrored duplicate image.
5. Color in image and add further detail.
My toddler son wanted to transfer his picture, too. We sprayed water on the backside and transferred it using the steps above. Water causes the image to bleed, resulting in a blurry transfer.
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I'm looking for as many examples/applications as possible of the use of embedding a smooth projective geometrically connected curve $X$ over a number field $k$ with $X(k)\neq \emptyset$ into its Jacobian (via a rational point). Please do not take the meaning of "use" to seriously.
I know of
Chabauty's method of proving a special case of the Mordell conjecture.
Faltings' use of the Torelli map in his proof of the Shafarevich conjecture for curves.
Raynaud's theorem (previously Manin-Mumford conjecture).
The Bogomologov conjecture (proven by Ullmo and Zhang).
The Mordell-Lang theorem.
In some of these examples the embedding of X into its Jacobian is simply part of the statement. I also consider this as "useful".
Are there any other nice examples? They don't have to be as difficult as the ones mentioned above.


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Student organization receives University accolades for reverse recruiting fair
Student organization receives University accolades for reverse recruiting fair
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ascend, one of the largest Smeal College of Business student organizations, was recently selected as Penn State Student Organization of the Month for December/January.
Ascend is a national organization dedicated to fostering the leadership potential of Pan-Asians in global corporations and consists of 27 student chapters and 15 professional chapters in the U.S. and Canada.
One of the events hosted by Penn State's Ascend chapter that earned the organization University accolades was a reverse career fair event with Ernst & Young.
"Recruiters at EY wanted to learn more about the Asian culture, so we had our Asian students talk to professionals about how to better recruit people of those cultures."
-- Kelly Zheng, president, Penn State Ascend chapter
"Recruiters at EY wanted to learn more about the Asian culture, so we had our Asian students talk to professionals about how to better recruit people of those cultures," said Kelly Zheng, president of Penn State's Ascend chapter.
Ascend and EY co-hosted the event at 100 Degrees Hot Pot. Hot Pot is a traditional Asian food, and the informal atmosphere encouraged conversation among members and recruiters.
"Some of the things we talked to recruiters about included the difficulties students face when they come to study in a second language and the mandatory Korean military service for males — that's why male Korean applicants are often older than the typical college student," explained Zheng.
In addition, the Ascend members gave EY recruiters a crash course in pronouncing Asian names.
Recruiters responded favorably to the event. One EY recruiter who attended called it "the most unique and entertaining recruiting event I've attended thus far," and complimented the organization's leadership.
Ascend is known for its informal networking opportunities like this one, as well as the Ascend to Vegas event. Ascend to Vegas was attended by 150 people overall, including 40 professionals as well as Penn State Smeal MBA students who served as dealers for the casino-style event.
"Because our culture tends to struggle with communication when English is not our first language, informal networking provides a more relaxed atmosphere to help our members be more comfortable in talking with professionals," Zheng said.
Ascend is one of the five student organizations in Smeal that falls within Diversity Enhancement Programs, and as a diversity organization the group works with Asian affinity groups around the University. The group also partners with other diversity groups in Smeal.


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A Frederick County family is suing Maryland State Police after a Libertytown woman died in her home after a 2010 confrontation with a state trooper.
Police were called to the home of Veronica Harding-Perkins at about 12:45 a.m. June 17, 2010, after her husband, Dean Perkins, called 911 to report that she had been drinking and throwing furniture onto the sidewalk from their home in the 12100 block of Liberty Road, police said.
When then-Cpl. Eric Corbin arrived, he entered a business attached to the house and saw a gun in Harding- Perkins' hand, police said.
He fired his weapon and retreated, and a police barricade was set up around the house. More than five hours later, at 5:45 a.m., a state police tactical assault team entered the house and found Harding-Perkins dead.
Corbin, who has since been promoted to sergeant, has worked for the state police since July 2002.
Dean Perkins and the estate of Harding-Perkins filed a lawsuit in Frederick County Circuit Court against Maryland State Police and Corbin. They are seeking a multimillion-dollar settlement in the death.
They said troopers failed to follow proper procedure that night and violated the rights of Harding-Perkins and her husband under the Maryland Declaration of Rights. The suit also alleges wrongful death, intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence, false arrest and false imprisonment.
Assistant Attorney General Phillip Pickus filed a motion Tuesday morning to have the suit dismissed.
Pickus said Corbin was responding to a 911 call and was informed that Harding-Perkins was intoxicated and had access to a gun. When he spotted her through a doorway, she was holding a gun with both hands and pointing it at another door. When Corbin yelled to her, she turned with the gun still aimed and ready to fire, Pickus said.
"He had no choice but to fire his service weapon," Pickus said. "He literally had a split second to decide. Sgt. Corbin believed he was about to be shot."
Cary J. Hansel, attorney for the family, disagreed with that characterization of events.
"At the time of the shooting, he'd never announced himself as an officer" and never ordered her to drop the gun, Hansel said.
He said Corbin was recorded yelling the word "Ma'am," and then, moments later, "She's got a gun."
When Corbin yelled, Harding-Perkins turned her head and body slightly, but the gun was never directly pointed at the trooper, he said.
Hansel also argued that police wrongfully left Harding-Perkins in the house to die, instead of administering first aid.
He said officers at the scene heard Harding-Perkins pleading for help and crying in pain after the shooting. The cries faded to whimpers and ultimately silence, he said.
If officers had gone inside immediately after the shooting, Harding-Perkins' life could have been saved, Hansel said.
"She didn't have to die there alone with her husband outside," he said.
Pickus said the delay in entering the house did not lead to Harding-Perkins' death and did not amount to police negligence.
"There was no medical intervention that could have saved her," he said.
Judge Theresa M. Adams denied the motion for summary judgment.
A jury of three men and three women was chosen Tuesday afternoon. Opening arguments are set to begin today at 9 a.m.
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Ever since Blake Shelton's team member, Jermaine Paul, won The Voice on Tuesday (May 8), I've been watching Shelton's reaction to all the celebrations. Obviously, he's had plenty to say via Twitter and various interviews. So I thought it was time to collect his observations from the show and rank them for you to read and possibly have made into some sort of coffee table book.
1. "Unbelievable!!! I just got a cake delivered from the Pope that says 'God loves @JermainePaul more than other people!'" — A tweet to give followers the false impression that Paul had the papal vote.
2. "Cee Lo! And he loves it when you comment on it, too. It's like he's very into his image and all the outfits and stuff. And just so you know there's smells that he has that goes right along with different colognes, maybe perfume. I don't know what it is, but you always know when Cee Lo comes in because there'll be a potpourri smell that hits you that you'll know he's there." — On which coach smells the best.
3. "And rich." — His response to a tweet that said, "Blake Shelton is so annoying."
4. "There have been times when we're live on TV and Carson will ask a direct question to Cee Lo and Cee Lo not even know because he's texting some girl or playing Angry Birds or something on his phone. It'll completely just go right over his head." — On the biggest phone addict among the show's cast.
5. "You did it!" — Three little words in post-hug congrats to Paul.
6. "Oh, Christina … absolutely no comparison. … Probably because she's the richest person on Earth, might be why." — On which coach gives the best gifts. (Wait. There were gifts?)
7. "Have fun and try to win them over, you know? … The scariest and the most memorable times of what they'll do, I think, are these first couple of years." — Sage advice to Paul. (Country rookies? Are you listening, too?)
8. "Maybe I should try to remove myself from being so attached, but it's hard to, you know? Especially whenever you've been in the rehearsals with them and you've had all these conversations with them that are about why they want to do this and that. And next thing you know, you're friends with them and you're talking to them all the time and see them and you want this for them as badly as they do." — On trying to distance himself from contestants.
9. "This just in from the surgeon general. … Not voting for @JermainePaul causes erectile dysfunction in men ages 1 through 99!!!" — A pre-show tweet to encourage votes.
10. "The good part about it is, they're all getting so much exposure that they can all go on from the show and be several steps ahead of where they would have been." — On why all the contestants on the show are really winners.


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Mark Zuckerberg loves his dog, Beast, a kind of Hungarian Sheepdog. Sometimes Beast is carried around like a furry emperor, or sometimes Zuck just takes him for a nice stroll. But who is this mysterious man with them?
We're not sure, but it's probably a friend of Mark Zuckerberg. Are they negotiating the purchase of Hipstamatic? Why is his shirt buttoned up so high? Is it just a stranger who Zuck happens to be passing? Only Beast knows for sure. Giz reader and Facebook user Carter sent us in this photo to chronicle the event as he walked by Zuckerberg in San Francisco:
I was walking down 29th st from Twin Peaks. Passing him, I reached down and petted that dog and said "hiiiiii" in my dog voice. Coming back up we made eye contact and he was remarkably normal. Like. "Some dude just petted my dog without asking but I guess that's okay" face. He smelled like a normal man (im assuming, i have no idea) but his nikes were impeccably clean.
A little too clean?
Remember, put on your sunscreen, unzip that hoodie, and email your Summer of Zuck personal paparazzi photos to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Update: Readers have chimed in to point out that Beast's specific breed is a Puli, and that "Guessing by the softness of his shadow, I would say it's overcast." Thanks guys!


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Like, for example, at a May 27 board meeting for Spokane Public Schools, board members voted to spend another $90,000 of taxpayer money on materials from the same failed reform curricula we have now. For a few tense moments, I was worried they wouldn't, but at 11 p.m., they came through for me.
To quote a 5th-grade teacher who spoke on behalf of the proposed supplements: "Yay!"
Some people see reform math as a problem, but for me, it's the solution. For one thing, it gives me something to do. I now spend 4-11 hours a day on math: Tutoring my daughter in actual math; taking college math classes so I can tutor her through high school; keeping up with developments at the state and national levels; and communicating every day with dozens of concerned parents and advocates. It's a lot to do, which is good because otherwise, I would just sit around like the illiterate slob I am, eating Twinkies and playing video games.
But mostly, when I finish my math classes, I'll have a HUGE pool of clients for my future tutoring business. The May 27 vote was VERY good for me personally.
I have to say it was touch and go that night. I thought when a cardiologist and a retired mathematician spoke eloquently for better math instruction, it might have swayed the vote. Luckily, most of the BM weren't listening.
(BM is short for "board members." What did you think it meant?)
When a local parent spoke about her daughters' struggles with basic math skills – like measurements – I worried again. Not because of the parent's well-articulated concerns, but because Spokane's elementary curriculum coordinator, Debbie Oakley, bobbled it and blamed the girls' struggles on traditional math. How stupid was that? I doubt Spokane's current students have gotten more than a whiff of traditional math in the last 8 years.
Thankfully, the BM just let it go.
I spoke at the meeting, too, pretending I wanted better curricula and offering the board information from state and federal levels. It was all a ruse, part of my master plan. I knew the BM wouldn't look at the information before the vote, wouldn't ask me questions about it, wouldn't even wonder out loud what was in the package. And they didn't. President Rocco Treppiedi waved the information away to a side table where it sat like the lump of dog doo it was. (Some of the BM might even have held their noses.)
Ms. Oakley almost wrecked it again when she said, "There's just nothing out there that aligns better to the new math standards." How stupid was that? Not one of Spokane's main curricula is ON the final lists of recommended curricula. Everything aligns better than they do. Two weren't even on the preliminary lists – and those were lists drawn up by people who support reform. How bad must reform curricula be when supporters of reform don't support them?
But the BM just let it go.
Oh yeah, and then one intelligent board member challenged Ms. Oakley on one of the proposed materials, saying it doesn't do much of what she said it does and doesn't seem to be necessary. Ms. Oakley had no defense for that, no support, no explanation, no clarification. I might have heard her mutter, "The dog ate my homework," but that might have been the 5th-grade teacher behind me, who left her seat beside the curriculum coordinators to advocate for the proposed materials. The teacher's entire argument consisted of, "Come to my house and I'll give you Brownies." No, I think she said, "Come to my classroom and see what we're doing." And she took a swipe at me, which I did not appreciate. I thought, "Hey, don't swipe at me! We're allies! On the same side! We're both doing this for the kids! You have them muddle in herds to teach themselves box and whisker plots, and then I'll charge their families a lot of money to tutor them in arithmetic and algebra. We could be a great team!"
Come to think of it, the person talking about dogs and homework might have been Rick Biggerstaff, Spokane's secondary curriculum coordinator. He couldn't remember who wrote the national standards on which he claimed Washington's new standards are based. I offered him a suggestion, and – without looking at me – he muttered something that sounded like, "That could be it." Or, he might have said, "Shut up, you inconsequential idiot parent person, you dog-face daughter of a wallaby."
If he'd said that, I would have said, "Look, don't call me that. We're allies. You LOVE Core-Plus Mathematics. 'LOVE it!' you said. And I'm going to LOVE the money I'm going to make in my future tutoring business. We'll go great together, like peanut butter and food allergies."
Mr. Biggerstaff nearly gave away the farm when he said other countries (almost all of which do better in math than America does) are perplexed at our "math wars," and they say, "What is America doing?" I was afraid the BM would laugh out loud at the unintended irony. Other countries do look at America, at how we teach mathematics, and they do say, "Woo-hoo! More jobs for us!"
But the BM didn't note the irony, and my future tutoring business was saved again.
(I didn't even mind it when Mr. Biggerstaff was rude to me. When I left to thank the mathematician for coming, he rushed out behind us and interrupted me so he could shake the man's hand. He never once looked in my direction or apologized for interrupting. My grandma always said, "You can tell a lot about folks by their manners," but I know Mr. Biggerstaff is much more important than I am.)
I was glad I could crawl my way home at 11:30 p.m. and tell my husband the evening wasn't a complete waste, as he had predicted.
For one thing, I met the cardiologist and the mathematician. I also got to see Ms. Oakley and Mr. Biggerstaff in action – an invaluable experience. And I totally figured out how to game the system. These people now think I'm opposed to Spokane's ridiculously flawed reform math curricula. They see it as their turf, not mine. The harder I rally people to fight against it, the harder they'll fight to defend it. It's just human nature for bureaucrats and other uncivilized groups. This can only help me.
I'll say: Please reject these failed curricula. And they'll continue to say, "No."
I'll say: Please just look at this material. They'll say, "No."
I'll say: Please learn something about mathematics. "No."
Please help me figure out a way to tutor these children in arithmetic. "No."
I'll do it for FREE. "No."
Please wait on voting until you read this. "No, no, no."
Please show me some infinitesimal sign of respect. "Well, sure, whatever-your-name is. Come back anytime."
To the parents, I apologize. I'm sorry you'll have to pay huge bucks to re-educate your children. I'm sorry that (unless they're in the one-third of students who will drop out of high school before they graduate) they'll have to spend several semesters in remedial math classes in college (which many will fail). I'm sorry that most of them will hate math for the rest of their lives and run as far away from it as they can. But that's the way the box-and-whisker plot bounces. I have to eat, too. If you're so mad, start your own tutoring business. It's not like there won't be enough work to go around. It would also give you a good reason to stay in your school district, unlike the 2,000+ quitters who bailed out of Spokane Public Schools over the last few years.
I have big dreams that require ill-educated students. Together, we can turn this very real and very serious math problem into a real business opportunity. With reform curricula in our corner, we're totally in the catbird seat.
My new motto is: "Too bad for the little birdies, but darn good for the cats."
Please note: The information in this post is copyrighted. The proper citation is:
Rogers, L. (May, 2009). "Board vote good for future business." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/
This article was published May 31, 2009, on EducationNews.org at http://ednews.org/articles/school-board-vote-good-for-business.html


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Without the Holy Spirit
God is far away,
Christ stays in the past,
the Gospel is a dead letter,
the Church is simply an organization,
authority a matter of dominion,
mission a matter of propaganda,
the Liturgy no more than an evocation,
Christian living a slave morality.
But in the Holy Spirit
the cosmos is resurrected and
grows with the birth pangs of the Kingdom,
the Risen Christ is there,
the Gospel is the power of life,
the Church shows forth the life of the Trinity,
authority is a liberating service,
mission a Pentecost,
the Liturgy both memorial and anticipation,
human action is deified.
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How Your Revealing Attire Makes People Think You're Dumb
A new study finds that when men or women look at someone wearing revealing attire they perceive the individual as being more sensitive, yet not as smart.
University of Maryland psychologist Kurt Gray and colleagues from Yale and Northeastern University have published their study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
In the article the researchers acknowledge the obvious — that it would be absurd to think people's mental capacities fundamentally change when they remove clothing.
"In six studies, however, we show that taking off a sweater, or otherwise revealing flesh, can significantly change the way a mind is perceived."
The study is unique as past research, feminist theory and parental admonishments all have long suggested that when men see a woman wearing little or nothing, they focus on her body and think less of her mind.
In the new study, the researchers show that paying attention to someone's body can alter how both men and women view both women and men.
"An important thing about our study is that, unlike much previous research, ours applies to both sexes. It also calls into question the nature of objectification because people without clothes are not seen as mindless objects, but they are instead attributed a different kind of mind," says UMD's Gray.
"We also show that this effect can happen even without the removal of clothes. Simply focusing on someone's attractiveness, in essence concentrating on their body rather than their mind, makes you see her or him as less of an agent [someone who acts and plans], more of an experiencer."
Traditional psychological theory suggests that we see the mind of others on a continuum between the full mind of a normal human and the mindlessness of an inanimate object.
This paradigm, termed objectification, suggests that looking at someone in a sexual context — such as in pornography — leads people to focus on physical characteristics, turning them into an object without a mind or moral status.
However, recent findings indicate that rather than looking at others on a continuum from object to human, we see others as having two aspects of mind: agency and experience.
Agency is the capacity to act, plan and exert self-control, whereas experience is the capacity to feel pain, pleasure and emotions. Various factors – including the amount of skin shown – can shift which type of mind we see in another person.
During the study multiple experiments provided support for the two kinds of mind view. When men and women in the study focused on someone's body, perceptions of agency (self-control and action) were reduced, and perceptions of experience (emotion and sensation) were increased.
Gray and colleagues suggest that this effect occurs because people unconsciously think of minds and bodies as distinct, or even opposite, with the capacity to act and plan tied to the "mind" and the ability to experience or feel tied to the body.
According to Gray, their findings indicate that the change in perception that results from showing skin is not all bad.
"A focus on the body, and the increased perception of sensitivity and emotion it elicits might be good for lovers in the bedroom," he says.
Researchers also found that a body focus can actually increase moral standing. Although those wearing little or no clothes –or otherwise represented as a body – were seen to be less morally responsible, they also were seen to be more sensitive to harm and hence deserving of more protection.
"Others appear to be less inclined to harm people with bare skin and more inclined to protect them. In one experiment, for example, people viewing male subjects with their shirts off were less inclined to give those subjects uncomfortable electric shocks than when the men had their shirts on," Gray says.
Practically, the researchers note that in settings where people are primarily evaluated on their capacity to plan and act, a body focus clearly has negative effects.
Seeing someone as a body strips him or her of competence and leadership, potentially impacting job evaluations.
Source: University of Maryland
pretty woman photo by shutterstock.
Nauert PhD, R. (2018). How Your Revealing Attire Makes People Think You're Dumb. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 29, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2011/11/11/how-your-revealing-attire-makes-people-think-youre-dumb/31359.html
Last reviewed: By a member of our scientific advisory board on 8 Aug 2018
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Why buy specially designed electronic cleaners and coatings?
The majority of electronics cannot be washed with water, so it's important to clean and coat your electronics correctly to prevent damage in storage and in use.
What can you use to remove the build-up of dirt or grease?
Cleaning dirt or greasy residue from electronics can be tricky and scary if you are worried that you are using the wrong product or that it's not safe for your tech. You worry about your electronic equipment and how much attempting to clean it might cost you.
We stock several cleansers to assist with electronics cleaning. Here are some of our more popular methods:
- Air dusters- this is a can of compressed air or commonly referred to as spray-in-air that blasts away grime that may be harming your delicate electronics
- Anti Static Wipes- anti-static wipes are designed to reduce the collection of static on screens or cables. It is possible to get wet anti-static wipes; which are more commonly used for cables, and dry anti-static wipes; which tend to be used for computer screens.
- Contact Cleaners- These are very similar to air dusters but they use a solvent that evaporates upon contact to provide a deep clean and dry very quickly and are very fast-acting.
- Freezer Sprays-Often used as a troubleshooting aid for intermittently faulty equipment, they also increase the visibility of cold solder joints, cracks in printed circuit boards and oxidised junctions.
- Precision Cleaners & Degreasers- deep clean your electronics with a precision degreaser, this very often requires time to dry but is a very deep cleaning tool.
- Ultrasonic Cleaning Fluids- these are used in conjunction with ultrasound waves and are more likely to be used in an industrial setting. Typically this method is used for medical implements and jewelry.
- We also carry a wide range of conformal coatings, varnishes and lacquers which can be used to coat and protect your electronics from a build-up of dirt and reduce the trapped grime
How safe are these electronic cleaning products?
When used and stored correctly these products are perfectly safe for both you and your electronics. Pay attention to labels as many of these products use solvents which can be harmful to your health.


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Squash drums, get a snappy bassline, enhance track dynamics, duck, gate, key or de-ess - the Valley People Dyna-mite is a swiss army knife limiter/expander design with unique character that inspires to new sounds!
Faithful replica of the Valley People Dyna-mite, a multi-dynamics tool capable of limiting/ compressing, expanding, gating, keying, ducking, de-essing, etc.
* Limiting: Peak and average limiting, incl. negative ratio (-20:1) limiting and detector HF filtering (for De-Essing purposes). * Expanding: Hard or soft with extreme gate settings and detector HF filtering. * Ducking or Keying modes with external side chain (where available). * Threshold knob with auto make-up gain. * Release ranging from 0.05 to 5 sec/20 dB with Anticipatory Release Computation (ARC) to reduce pumping. * Output volume with accurately modeled output distortion and clip LED. * Innovative Range knob that controls maximum amount of expansion or limiting. * Built-in interactive guide that displays current settings and active mode.